First, they make it easy to cope even with the considerable physical and mental stresses that we all encounter in one way or another. An untrained person, even if young and healthy, has few advantages over an athletic person, even an elderly one. Take a simple example: climbing stairs. If you always take the elevator, such a climb will cause you shortness of breath, increased heart rate, and in general will be very tiring. And if you’re used to walking, then, run up the stairs, without hesitation. Just as easily you can do some other action, inaccessible to those who deny the importance of physical activity and sports in our lives.
Secondly, physical activity and sports in our lives train the muscles, the circulatory system, the strength, the stamina of the body. And, consequently, have a positive effect on immunity, health, youth and beauty, preserve the ability to work and active lifestyle for many, many years.
Third, physical activity and sports in our lives are useful to people of both mental and physical labor. The former often lead a “sedentary lifestyle,” which leads to various deformities of the skeleton and spine, a decrease in metabolic intensity, and, of course, the development of diseases. For them, exercise and sports will help them to always be toned up. The latter often involve only certain muscle groups in their work. For them, physical education and sports will help to balance the load and prevent asymmetric development of the body’s muscles.
According to research by sociologists, a person who regularly engages in sports 2-3 times easier to bear the hardships of life, by 15-20% more initiative in work, team social life, he has more creative activity, sociability, he is more self-confident and strives to achieve better results. A large group of scientists, having studied the influence of physical culture and sports on a person’s way of life, have also drawn a conclusion about the improvement of many important social and biological qualities of people, which have a progressive influence on the formation and harmonious development and upbringing of people.
In our fast-moving life, which is filled with stresses, economic recessions, lack of time, bad ecology, it is necessary to listen to your body, soul in time and live a healthy, young, happy man. There is only one way to prolong youth, beauty and to remain a beautiful person for a long time – it’s sports and exercise. Therefore, it is necessary to start thinking about health, beauty of the body, inner energy, development of spiritual harmony from childhood.